Nottingham Forest place new bounty on Morgan Gibbs-White and Manchester City have made their mind up

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The future of Nottingham Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White is seemingly up in the air this summer.

Manchester City are big admirers of Gibbs-White, and it would appear that he has an admirer in Pep Guardiola away from the City Ground.

Evangelos Marinakis drives a hard bargain, however, and top players will only be sold for top fees these days on Trentside.

With Forest now a European club, there will be no danger of the Forest owner rolling over and having his belly tickled by some of the game’s bigger football clubs for any of his top players.

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Forest place a new bounty on the head of Morgan Gibbs-White

The Reds are adamant that Gibbs-White is a player who the club wants to stay at the City Ground.

According to TalkSPORT, Forest now want £100 million for their number 10 and won’t budge on that valuation during the summer transfer window.

It could represent a problem in the long term, however, with Gibbs-White having two years to run on his existing deal, and if he does stay, an extension will surely be in the offing.

Refreshingly, it appears that City are deterred by the latest valuation placed on the head of Gibbs-White and are set to take him off their shortlist for the summer.

Gibbs-White enjoyed a superb third season at Forest, scoring seven times and posting 10 assists as the Reds claimed a very respectable seventh-place finish.

Forest keeping Gibbs-White would be huge

It would be a real bonus for Forest to be heading into European action with Gibbs-White leading the team out.

He’s been the club’s talismanic playmaker for three years now, and the season that Forest have just experienced is largely down to his brilliance.

Gibbs-White going would be a blow, even if money would subsequently be available to spend, and keeping him does make a lot of sense.

It appears unlikely that the number 10 will kick up a fuss and demand to leave and unless someone is willing to part with £100 million, it appears that Gibbs-White will be back for pre-season this summer.